A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
How do social class position and party preference influence support for fossil fuel taxation in Nordic countries?
Authors: Sivonen, Jukka; Koivula, Aki
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Social Science Journal
Volume: 61
Issue: 2
First page : 453
Last page: 473
Number of pages: 21
ISSN: 0362-3319
eISSN: 1873-5355
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2020.1815469
Web address : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03623319.2020.1815469
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/48952658
In this paper, we study the influence of the social class and political party preference on support for fossil fuel taxation in Nordic countries. Additionally, we examine how age confounds the relationship between party preference and support for fossil fuel taxation. We utilize Round 8 data from the European Social Survey from Finland, Norway, and Sweden (n = 5021). According to the results, party preference was a more significant factor than social class when explaining citizens’ fossil fuel taxation attitudes. We found attitudinal polarization between Left-Green and Populist Right supporters. Interestingly, we did not find differences between the parties from the traditional left‒right dimension. Also, we found that differences between the Left-Green and Populist Right supporters were more remarkable among the younger cohorts in Sweden. We conclude with a discussion on interconnectivity between new political cleavages and climate policy, which direct the attitudes of a citizen by party preference in particular.
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